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Jane Austen on the White Man’s Privilege
From Persuasion by Jane Austen. Captain Harville and Anne Elliot are discussing whether men or women are more constant: “…Well, Miss Elliot,” (lowering his voice,) “as I was saying we shall never agree, I suppose, upon this point. No man and woman, would, probably. But let me observe that all histories are against you–all stories, […]
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Midlands and HS2 missing in the Manifesto
Earlier today, the Conservatives’ published their 2015 manifesto. They said that as part of their Northern Powerhouse plans, they would build HS2: no surprise there. However as an alert supporter of Stop HS2 pointed out, there’s no mention of HS2 in their section on the Midlands as an Engine of Growth. This is especially odd, as most […]
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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
On the left, the front page of the Stop HS2 website, showing the articles I wrote on 23rd and 25th February, on the right, the Sunday Times website article on Euston, published 1st March. I think they may have taken some inspiration from me. 🙂
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Copyright and exile to Iona
The latest guidance issued by the UK Intellectual Property Office on copyright for sewing and knitting patterns will be of interest to some of my followers (or at least of interest to some of the people I follow) – see it here. For people who want to use a knitting or sewing pattern to knit […]
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Planned Changes to the Sloe Fairy
1) Change white Aida to Polstitches hand-dyed 2) Stitch face 1 over 1 3) Change cheek to shell pink 4) Blend highlights in hair 5) Use JAE face lavenders for sleeve 6) Use extra three greens for leaves
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Cracking on with the HS2 timetable?
With the news about the Euston HS2 plans being paused and the results of the Phase 2 consultation delayed until late next year (the Heathrow pause having been shoved under the carpet long ago), I thought I’d check the HS2 Ltd website to find the current official timetable. After all they used to have a […]
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Well, one person wants Ebola here
Yesterday, at Prime Minister’s Questions, and one person wanted Ebola…. John Glen (Salisbury) (Con): The Prime Minister will be aware of the outstanding work done at Porton Down in my constituency to combat Ebola. However, Public Health England has refused to evaluate fully an option to create a UK centre for global response to infectious diseases at Porton […]
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Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3
Yes, Penspot was offline for far too long. And now Penspot is back online. I intend to re-install some old posts, but then again, I might not.
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Chaotic housekeeping, as described by Jane Austen
From Mansfield Park by Jane Austen: this description of Fanny Price’s mother would perhaps be entirely true-to-life of many harassed, hard-up mothers today. “Mrs. Price was not unkind… Her days were spent in a kind of slow bustle; all was busy without getting on, always behindhand and lamenting it, without altering her ways; wishing to […]
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She’s just had a baby, of course she’s got a bump!
Yesterday, when I saw the footage of Kate Middleton leaving hospital as a proud new mother, I was very pleased to see she still had a bump. It is perfectly normal for new mothers to still have a definite bump, and it was great that hers was so visible. I was therefore slightly incensed to […]